Editing Sainte-Chapelle (section)

==Other ''Saintes-Chapelles''==
Prior to the dissolution of the Sainte-Chapelle in 1803, following the [[French Revolution]], the term "Sainte-Chapelle royale" also referred not only to the building but to the ''chapelle'' itself, the [[Sainte-Chapelle (choir)|choir of Sainte-Chapelle]]. However, the term was also applied to a number of other buildings. 
Louis IX's chapel inspired several "copies", in the sense of royal or ducal chapels of broadly similar architectural form, built to house relics, particularly fragments of Louis' Passion Relics given by the King.<ref>I. Hacker-Sück: ''La Sainte-Chapelle et les chapelles palatines du moyen âge en France'', in ''Cahiers Archéologiques'', Vol.13, 1962, pp.217–57</ref> Such chapels were normally attached to a ducal palace (e.g. Bourges, Riom), or else to an Abbey with particular links to the royal family (e.g. St-Germer-de-Fly). As with the original, such Holy Chapels were nearly always additional to the regular palatine or abbatial chapel, with their own dedicated clergy—usually established as a college of canons.<ref>Robert Branner, ''The Sainte-Chapelle and the Capella regis in the Thirteenth Century'', in ''Gesta'', Vol.10, 1971, pp.19–22</ref> For the patrons, such chapels served not only as public expressions of personal piety but also as valuable diplomatic tools, encouraging important visitors to come and venerate their relics and showing their connection to the French crown. Notable ''Saintes-Chapelles'' in France include:

* [[Bourbon-l'Archambault]]: Founded {{Circa|1310}} by Louis IX's grandson, [[Louis I, Duke of Bourbon|Duke Louis I de Bourbon]] to house a fragment of the True Cross
* [[Chambéry]]: Founded {{circa|1400}}
* [[Châteaudun]]: Founded 1451
* [[Bourges]]: Founded 1392 by Duke [[Jean de Berry]] decorated with sculptures and stained glass by [[André Beauneveu]]. Now destroyed.
* [[Riom]]: Founded 1382 by Jean de Berry
* [[Saint-Germer-de-Fly Abbey]]: A very similar structure, also called the Sainte-Chapelle, was erected twelve years after the Paris chapel as an addition to the abbey church.
* [[Vincennes]]: Founded 1379 at one of the favourite Valois royal palaces by [[Charles V of France|Charles V]]
* Vivier-en-Brie: Founded 1358 by the future Charles V while he was still the [[Dauphin of France|Dauphin]]

As the status of Saint Louis grew among Europe's aristocracy, the influence of his famous chapel also extended beyond France, with important copies at [[Karlštejn Castle]] near Prague ({{circa|1360}}), the [[Hofburg Palace|Hofburgkapelle]] in [[Vienna]] (consecrated 1449), [[Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, Wrocław]] (c. 1350) and [[Exeter College, Oxford]] (1860).